Heavy snowfall in Bulgaria claims new victim as man found frozen to death
A 65-year-old man was found frozen to death in a village in Bulgaria’s southern Kurdzhali, three days after he went
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Problem of hate speech should be discussed openly, Bulgarian President says at meeting with American Jewish Committee
The problems arising from the use of hate speech should be discussed openly, Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said at a
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Bulgaria’s defence minister fires head of Military Intelligence
Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev has fired the director of Military Intelligence, Vesselin Ivanov, the Defence Ministry said on March
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Elections in Bulgaria today would produce a similar parliament – Exacta poll
Were Bulgaria to hold elections today, the new parliament would be largely similar to the one elected in October 2014,
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Warning of avalanche danger in Bulgarian mountains
There is a high risk of avalanches in Bulgaria’s mountains, with the Pirin range the most perilous, mountain rescuers warned
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Record number of Bulgarians left without electricity after heavy snowfalls
The number of people left without electricity after the heavy continuous snowfalls of recent days is unprecedented, with about 850
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Three die in avalanche on Bulgaria’s Pirin mountain
Three men from Sofia died on March 8 in an avalanche near the Yavorov hut on Bulgaria’s Pirin mountain, police
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Tens of thousands without electricity as snow heaps southern Bulgaria
More than 800 villages in Bulgaria remained without electricity on March 8, affecting tens of thousands of people, outgoing Interior
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States of emergency, power cuts as Bulgaria continues grappling with heavy snowfalls
Military personnel and additional firefighters were drafted in to areas of southern Bulgaria hardest-hit by heavy snowfalls, while many villages
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